I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

　　Even the fellow brothers who are kneeling on the edge of the dojo can clearly feel the atmosphere of killing in the dojo.

　　 Ogata and Mikami stared at each other tightly.

　　, it looked like two tigers looking at each other as their prey.

　　 Finally-it was Mikami who broke the confrontation between the two.

　　 Mikami kicked his back foot and pounced toward Ogata.

　　, while leaping towards Ogata, raised the sword high.

Snapped!

　　 The loud sound of wooden swords hitting each other is enough to give the illusion of "Ah, will their swords both break?"

　　 It's just--the swords of both Ogata and Mikami are not broken.

After blocking Mikami's attack, Ogata shook his sword, opened Mikami's sword grid, then adjusted the direction of the wooden sword and slashed towards Mikami.

　　 And Ogata's counterattack was not unexpectedly blocked by Mikami.

　　 Seeing that a blow was missed, Ogata stepped back two steps and reopened the distance from Mikami.

　　 The offense and defense between the two was completed in only a few seconds.

　　 The speed of the two made the other brothers kneeling on the edge of the dojo dumbfounded.

　　 also made Hanbei's face more serious.

While 　　's face became serious, Hanbei watched the match between Ogata and Mikami more seriously.

　　 Ogata moved the five fingers of his right hand that had just been numb because of blocking Mikami's attack.

　　 At the same time, I secretly said bitterly in my heart:

　　——Sure enough...Compared with Mikami, he was at a loss...

　　Mikami is much taller and stronger than Ogata.

　　 The difference in strength between the two is visible to the naked eye.

　　 After the first round of offense and defense just now, Ogata has clearly understood a truth-if he fights with Mikami, he will suffer a lot.

　　 So-must be able to win with speed to avoid the situation of hacking with Mikami's sword like just now.

　　 Today is not the first time Ogata has competed with Mikami.

　　 Ogata himself can't count how many times he has compared with Mikami in these days.

　　 But Ogata can guarantee that today's Mikami is better than Mikami at any time that Ogata encountered before.

　　 I don’t know if it is because Mikami is eager to go to the gods and try to take revenge, or because of other reasons. In short-Mikami is in quite good condition today.

　　 It's nothing more than - although Mikami is in a good state today, Ogata is not afraid.

　　 He has figured out a way to defeat Mikami.

　　 Since the time of the Edo period, Ogata has spent almost every day in comparison with others.

　　 In addition to allowing Ogata to gain experience points, 　　 Fighting with others also allows Ogata to accumulate combat experience.

　　 Such things as combat experience, but the system can't give him.

　　 Since the arrival of the Edo period, he has been constantly learning and competing with people. Ogata himself has gradually figured out some excellent yin skills when fighting people.

　　 Ogata moved slowly, leaning towards Mikami, narrowing the distance between himself and Mikami.

　　 And Mikami also tensed every nerve in his body, staring at Ogata stubbornly, not letting the slightest movement of Ogata's body go.

　　 At the same time, he silently calculated the distance between himself and Ogata.

　　 calculated his own attack range into Ogata, and how much distance Ogata had left to enter his attack range.

　　——3 steps left...

　　 Mikami secretly said in his heart.

　　——There are... 2 steps left...!

　　 Mikami silently gripped the wooden sword that was already tightly held tighter.

　　—— there is... 1 step left!

　　 After confirming that he was only 1 step away from entering Ogata's attack range--

　　嗤!

　　 A strong breaking wind sounded.

　　Ogata's wooden sword pierced directly toward Mikami's chest.

　　 Mikami, who had unexpectedly attacked Ogata, widened his eyes at this time.

　　 The move used by Ogata was exactly the one that made Toyama Shichiro almost planted here-when he got close to his opponent, he held the sword with his hands slightly down.

　　 The normal posture of holding the sword is that the tiger's mouth of the right hand is gently pressed against the guard of the sword.

　　 And Ogata lowered the hands holding the sword a little, holding the bottom end of the hilt.

　　 This is equivalent to increasing the attack range of the sword by a distance close to the hilt of the sword.

　　 Not long ago, Ogata succeeded in reaching the distant mountains by "suddenly increasing the attack range".

　　 But this trick also has a flaw, that is-holding both hands at the bottom of the hilt, it is easy to control the direction, strength and speed of the sword.

　　 But Ogata doesn't need to have such concerns now.

　　Because--the sword skills he is currently using are bird stings.

　　 And the bird stab is Ogata’s only "advanced" sword skill at present.

　　 If he uses other sword skills, Ogata cannot guarantee that his sword will hit the enemy accurately and powerfully.

　　 But it's different if you use bird spines.

　　 Birdstab is currently Ogata’s only "advanced" sword skill.

　　 The power, speed, and accuracy of "advanced" sword skills are not overshadowed.

　　 Using the technique of "suddenly increasing the attack range", Ogata successfully launched a surprise attack on Mikami.

　　 The tip of the wooden sword cut open the air and pierced Mikami's chest straight.

　　 Even though Ogata holds the bottom of the hilt, Ogata’s "Bird Sting" is still full of power.

　　Mikami couldn't stop Ogata's surprise attack with "advanced" sword skills~www.wuxiahere.com~ The tip of the sword accurately hit Mikami's chest.

　　 And Mikami staggered back a few steps before falling heavily to the ground.

　　 Although he hadn't had a fierce fight with Mikami, Ogata couldn't help feeling relieved after seeing Mikami finally fell to the ground.

　　 It was at this time that the familiar system sound began to sound in Ogata's mind:

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Sakahara Ichikao·Birdstab】

　　 [Get 50 points of personal experience, 90 points of experience for swordsmanship "Sakihara Ichigan"]

　　 [Current personal level: LV9 (430/800)]

　　【Sakihara One Sword Style Level: 5 Steps (570/900)】

　　 Mikami struggled to get up from the ground.

　　 Looking at Ogata, who had retracted the pierced sword and maintained a normal standing posture, the emotions in Mikami's eyes were quite complicated.

　　 After a while, Mikami sighed lightly as if he had let go of something.

　　 put down the wooden sword in his hand, and whispered:

　　 "Congratulations, Ogata-kun, you won..."

　　 After saying these words in Sanshang, the dojo was quiet for a few seconds.

　　 It wasn't until a few seconds later that the brothers who were close to Ogata headed by Makino burst into cheers.

　　 By cheering, they celebrated the birth of their new chief of Sakihara Sword Museum.

　　 At this time, Ogata, who was busy wiping the sweat from his face, didn't notice—when he launched a surprise attack with a bird thorn, the half-bei who was kneeling on the edge of the dojo suddenly widened his eyes.

　　Hanbei first looked at Ogata with a startled look.

　　 Then, the gaze looking at Ogata slowly became more complicated.

　　 there was a thoughtful look on his face.